US President Donald Trump Extends $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee For Another Year Citing Economic & National Security Concerns
Washington: US President Donald Trump has extended by a year the USD 1,00,000 fee on employers for bringing in foreign workers on H-1B visas, the White House said. In a presidential proclamation issued on Friday, Trump said the 2025 decision to impose a USD 1,00,000 fee has led to a 92 per cent decrease in H-1B registrations by large IT outsourcing firms. Trump extends his H-1B fee and related…
In a recent proclamation, US President Donald Trump has extended by one year the $100,000 fee imposed on employers for hiring foreign workers on H-1B visas, citing economic and national security concerns. According to the White House, the 2025 fee has led to a significant 92% decrease in H-1B registrations by large IT outsourcing firms.
The extension aims to safeguard the economic and national security interests of the United States, improve labor market access for American workers and graduates, and ensure that employers only recruit highly skilled and essential alien workers when necessary. The 2025 fee, which had been set to expire, applies to new H-1B visas granted to foreign citizens and renewals of current visas, but not to visas held by foreign nationals already in the United States on student visas.
The President also announced a separate proclamation aimed at tightening scrutiny of H1-B visa applications through better inter-agency cooperation, enhancing program integrity and directing enhanced scrutiny of applications where there is a heightened risk of American workers being laid off.
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